Despite the news that President Trump has imposed tariffs on imported solar panels, home and business owners in Washington and Oregon who want to go solar won’t see much, if any, of increased prices in 2018. Several manufacturers are either exempt from the tariffs or have been planning to minimize their impact since news broke of the possibility last summer....

From a small-town bar in Eastern Washington to a tribal health center in Pendleton, A&R Solar installed solar arrays on businesses, nonprofits, and government buildings across Washington and Oregon. We even placed the state's largest solar installation on a hospital, Harborview Medical Center in Seattle. Here are a few of our commercial installations for 2017.
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At the end of each year, A&R Solar makes donations to nonprofits that our employee-owners have chosen (we now have 18 employee-owners!).
To close out 2017, we wanted to add a little twist to our giving. While we are still donating to choices from our owners, we also asked our solar customers to recommend organizations in their communities.
A&R installs solar across...

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UPDATED: 12/06/2017
Interested to learn how solar works, especially here in the Pacific Northwest? Join A&R Solar and your neighbors to learn about solar in a fun, no pressure environment. Due to popular demand, we are holding another solar workshop in Duvall:
Saturday, December 16th, 10am, at Studio Beju
This event is FREE to attend! Please RSVP below as space is...

When people say they want to be off-grid, sometimes they mean they want solar to cover 100 percent of their electricity needs. Often, solar installers pair a battery storage unit like a Tesla Powerwall to store power from your system to use at night. Having all of your electrical needs provided by solar energy means that you are net zero.
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We’ve received a number of inquiries from solar customers expressing confusion about the new state production incentive program that the Legislature passed this summer.
We don’t have all of the details yet, but we've compiled what we do know. We will update this post as we learn more, so bookmark this page.
The situation: The state Department of Revenue is transitioning management...

The Washington State Legislature has approved a new solar production incentive, enabling thousands more homeowners and businesses to go solar during the program’s eight-year timeline.
Homeowners
Here are the program's highlights:
From now until June 2021, homeowners who install a grid-connected solar photovoltaic system can receive up to $5,000 per year for eight years.
Your eight years start as soon as your...

The Bonneville Power Administration (BPA), the regional wholesaler of federal hydropower, announced that it expects rates to increase 5.5 percent over the next two years.
The BPA’s customers —there are more than 120 — primarily are electric utilities in the Northwest, which in turn sell the power to their customers. For example, Seattle City Light purchases about 40 percent of its...

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